The Pistons could take any of those six guys, but then again they might not take any of them.

The reason for the unpredictability is because this draft is considered by most to be very weak. But even though the draft is weak, the Pistons still need to make a selection and could potentially still end up with a solid player.

“There are no franchise guys that you’re looking at in this particular draft,” Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said. “Here is what you know about every draft, there is going to be guys that emerge from the draft when it’s all said and done. And people are going to go, ‘Wow, he’s better than we thought.’

“Everybody goes into the draft with that same mentality. You just gotta lock in on the guys you think that will ultimately make that jump. And that’s what we’re going to do at eight. We are going to look and see who has the best chance at being the better player down the road. ... You gotta find the guy who you think is going to emerge over the long run and that’s what we’re going to do.”

The Pistons biggest need is on the perimeter. Detroit lacks shooting and scoring in general on the wings. Guys like Porter, Connecticut’s Ben McLemore and Indiana’s Victor Oladipo could help fill that void, but there is a good chance all three will be gone before the Pistons pick.

If that’s the case the Pistons could look to add a point guard in Burke, Carter-Williams or McCollum or even though they have a solid young frontcourt of Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond, the Pistons might target a big man.

Dumars admitted he would like to add a perimeter guy, but said the Pistons will take the best player available if the perimeter guys they target are gone.

“You start looking at it and you rate these wing guys,” Dumars said. “If it gets to the point where they’re all gone, the ones you rated in the top seven or eight then you have to take the best big guy or the best player on the board at that point. We’ve been very open, our preference is to look at the perimeter with this particular pick. But by no means are we locked into that where that’s all we are going to take no matter what. If those guys that we rate in the top seven or eight are gone off the board, you can be rest assured that we’re going to take the best big that is left.”

The good news for Detroit is it doesn’t need to fill all its needs at the draft. The Pistons will have more than $20 million in cap space to target free agents or trades this offseason.

“You have a handful of guys in the draft that you say, ‘I want to come out of the draft with one of these guys,’ ” Dumars said. “You have the same thing in trades and the same thing in free agency.”

Mock draft

1. Cleveland — Nerlens Noel, Kentucky

2. Orlando — Ben McLemore, Connecticut

3. Washington — Victor Oladipo, Indiana

4. Charlotte — Alex Len, Maryland

5. Phoenix — Otto Porter, Georgetown

6. New Orleans — Anthony Bennet, UNLV

7. Sacramento — Trey Burke, Michigan

8. Detroit — C.J. McCollum, Lehigh

Dave Pemberton covers the Pistons. Email him at dave.pemberton@oakpress.com and follow him on Twitter @drpemberton.